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The Fast Lane to Success: Travel Advisor Christy Menzies' $1 Million Start in Travel

Nov 20, 2023
Luxury Travel  Podcasts  Training and Education  Travel Agents  
The Fast Lane to Success: Travel Advisor Christy Menzies' $1 Million Start in Travel
Credit: 2023 Tori Halpin/Jenn Martins

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How did Christy Menzies, the owner of Menzies Luxe Retreats, achieve $1 million in sales in her first six months in business as a travel advisor? Find out the answer to that question and many more in this week’s episode of Trade Secrets, where Menzies shares her journey in the industry and offers sage advice on explaining the value of travel advisors, finding clients as a new advisor, rapidly growing sales and more.

This episode is sponsored by ALG Vacations. 

Theme song: Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod (License). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Credit: 2023 Jenn Martins

 

Further Resources and Related Reading

Menzies Luxe Retreats on the web

Christy Menzies on Instagram

Mentioned in this episode:

- Host Agency Reviews’ Stephanie Lee on Trade Secrets

- From TravelAge West: How Virtuoso Rising Star Christy Menzies Reached $1 Million in Sales in 6 Months

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Emma Weissmann is the Managing Editor of TravelAge West, a print and online magazine for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the host of the Humans of Travel podcast, where she interviews notable individuals in the travel industry about their lives — the highs and lows that make them human.

Jamie Biesiada is a Senior Editor with Travel Weekly. She is an award-winning journalist, including being named the American Society of Travel Advisors’ 2019 Travel Journalist of the Year. Her roots are in community journalism, where she was the editor of several local newspapers and a regional entertainment magazine.

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Trade Secrets, a podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, is where travel advisors ask — and answer — questions. On each podcast, our editors will ask a veteran travel industry insider to join them and field listeners’ questions. Topics will range from business advice to industry trends, history and more — as long as it’s travel-related, we want to address it! Find Trade Secrets wherever you get your podcasts, or at www.travelagewest.com/podcasts/trade-secrets.

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